my 75 gallon

[WeePee]

planning on making it a mixed reef, if i can get good enough growth out of my LEDS id like to have a lot of SPS

lighting thread: http://www.chicagoreefs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95
sump thread: http://www.chicagoreefs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96

 

[jcarlilesiu]

Looks like you are well on your way.

How long before you get some water in it!

 

[Smitty]

Nice set up so far....you have A LOT of sand in that tank.

 

[WeePee]

Looks like you are well on your way.

How long before you get some water in it!

tis full, and salty.
tho i need a new main pump before i get it stocked. the current one is too loud for my liking. will cycle it now though.

Nice set up so far....you have A LOT of sand in that tank.

display:
1x 40 lb bag of fine sand
1x 40 lb bag of course sand

sump:
32 lb from my old system
1x 40 lb bag of fine sand.
approx 6-8" DSB

on my last tank I had like a 1/2" sand bed, and didn't really like it too much. so for this one I wanted to go deeper!
(also thinking about adding about 15lb of crushed coral just as a nice little topper)

 

[jeepsdoitall]

nice setup its lookin good what stock are you going to get

 

[Epic Corals]

Great work! Thanks for sharing

 

[WeePee]

added 45lb of live rock, and changed around the scape.
heres a new pic, from my phone.

(ignore the heater, im cycling without my sump right now.)

also ordered my 2nd ALC and 2 more moon pods,
soon as that comes will set up a video of my sunrise, high noon, sunset light cycle.

 

[WeePee]

added my first zoa colony, $30 from aquapros great deal and quality!

 

[Catran]

Nice!

 

[EyeReef]

wow..thats a nice deal..looks like spiderman zoas

 

[WeePee]

small update

current inhabitants:
fish
2x yellow tail damsels (will move out when i get my clowns)
3x blue/green chromis
1x foxface
1x yellow eye kole tang

inverts
2x cleaner shrimp
20-30 hermits, snails, ect.

corals
various mushrooms (red, purple, red with blue dots)
green star polyps
4-5 heads of branching candy cane
and zoa/paly rock


edit, have also added a second mp10 (wireless) and have one at each end of my tank in antisync on reefcrest mode together.

 

[WeePee]

just added some SPS corals;
red monti cap
meteor shower
and a cats paw

will update photos soon as well

 

[WeePee]

1/2 tank shot

a little close up of some soft corals

side view looking across the tank.

besides the glass being a littler dirty towards the bottom,. and not turning off the pumps, they didn't come out too bad.

 

[Cubbies]

nice! what kind of sand did you use?

 

[DJE]

Looking good!!!

 

[WeePee]

nice! what kind of sand did you use?

i believe its a mix of 40lb crushed coral, and 40lb small gain sand.
its just Caribsea bagged "live" sand.

 

[WeePee]

i have added many SPS frags. I'll have photos uploaded asap.

 

[WeePee]

here are my SPS shots:
previous corals:

acquired from the CMAS swap:

 

[EricTheRed]

Good lookin' pieces. I like the dendro1

 

[WeePee]

just took in a pair of clowns and a strawberry basslet.

the clowns are doing great in the display, but the basslet likes to stay hidden during the day so far.